Les Anciennes Tapisseries Historiées, Ou Collection Des Monumens Les Plus Remarquables, De Ce Genre, Qui Nous Soient Restés Du Moyen-Age, A Partir Du XIe Siècle Au XVIe Inclusivement. Texte Par Achille Jubinal, De La Société Royale Des Antiquaires De France. Gravures Par Les Meilleurs Artistes, D'Après Les Dessins De Victor Sansonetti, Ancien Élève De M. Ingres.
Vol. I: [Half-t., note, t.p.] - Préface - [Text] - Table Des Matières Du Premier Volume - [Plates]. - Vol. II: Half-t., note, t.p.] - [Text] - Table Des Matières Du Deuxième Volume - [Plates].
Responsibility Note
Most plates are signed, as drawn by V. Sansonetti, Barré, Anatole de Planhol, A. Le Doux, Leberthais, J. de Sultzen, J. de Sultzer, Bergner or Von Ax, and as engraved by V. Sansonetti, Caroline Naudet, Lalaisse, Peronard, H. Sellier, Couché, Leberthais, Martel, Schaal, Ribault, Bigant, Bulton, Durond or Ollivier.
Almost all carry the imprint of the Imprimerie de Rougier à Paris.
In-text decorations and illustrations are signed as drawn by V. Sansonetti, 'EC' or Adele Laisne and cut by H. Faxardo or Aglas Ainé.
A colophon at the end of the text on the Tapisserie De Nancy in Volume I names the printer as 'Imprimerie D'Adolphe Everat Et Ce, Rue Du Cadran, 16.'
Summary Note
The text is divided under the headings: (Vol. I) Tapisserie De Nancy; Tapisserie De Bayeux; Explication De La Tapisserie De Bayeux; Tapisserie De Dijon; De Bayard; De Valenciennes; De La Chaise-Dieu; (Vol. II.) Explication Des Tapisseries De La Chaise-Dieu; D'Aulhac Et De Beauvais, Tapisserie Du Louvre, Tapisserie représentant Alexandre, Roi D'Ecosse; De Reims; De Berne; Conclusion.
Some copies have all plates coloured by hand. (In the Royal Academy's copy the duplicate of pl.4 in Volume II is hand-coloured.)
A note printed on the half-title versos states that this is an edition of 333 copies, of which 10 are on papier de Chine, and that there is also a special edition with different pagination.
Immediate source of Acquisition
Purchased in , 1867. (See 'Librarian's Report', RA Annual Report for 1867, p. 26.)
Copy Note
In Volume II in the second group of six plates there is a loose duplicate of plate 4.
Binding Note
19th-century quarter red morocco, red cloth-covered boards; gilt-decorated spines lettered 'A. Jubinal - Les Anciennes Tapisseries De France I (2)'.
Subject
Celebrities - France - History
Tapestries - Embroidery - France - History - Gothic
Art history - France - 19th century
Pictorial works - Hand coloring - France - 19th century